Mining claims expertise, GIS development, and mineral title research -- built into proprietary tools and professional deliverables.
ChoraQuest is a GIS and mineral title practice serving the mining and energy sectors. We build the tools our clients use and deliver the work product their projects require.
Land expertise meets new technology.
We don't just do land work -- we build the tools that make it faster, sharper, and scalable. Six practices, each backed by proprietary technology we designed and wrote ourselves.
Built here. Available nowhere else.
Every tool below was designed and built by ChoraQuest to solve problems we kept hitting on real projects. They exist because we needed them -- and now our clients use them.
ClaimWatch
On-demand reports, publication-ready maps, workbooks, and spatial data for any area of interest across the western U.S.
Automated Staking
Complete staking packages in minutes -- print-ready location certificates, corner cards, and maps. Process 1,000 claims in the same time as 20.
GroundControl
Analyzes existing claim blocks to determine seniority, resolve overlaps, and confirm which claims actually control the ground.
Built for the field.
Mining & Exploration Companies
Project monitoring, competitor tracking, claim staking, land status verification, and GroundControl analysis. From junior explorers to major operators.
Landmen & Title Professionals
Claims research, disposition history, land status, and withdrawal overlays. Built by a senior landman with 20+ years in the BLM system.
Investors & Acquirers
Claim intelligence and full chain-of-title for mineral asset acquisitions. Delivered independently, on your timeline, through closing.
Owner-led.
A working practice, not a consultancy.
ChoraQuest is led by Mike Sandoz, RL -- a senior landman and GIS developer who has spent 20+ years in the mining and energy sectors. The firm exists because Mike kept building tools to solve problems he hit on real projects, and clients kept asking to use them.
Title research, abstracts, acquisition and divestiture due diligence, land status analysis, mining staking packages, custom ArcGIS Python development, spatial analysis automation -- this is a working practice that bridges traditional land services with modern technology.
Let's talk.
Tell us what you're working on. We'll tell you how we can help -- or whether you even need us.
Three platforms. One practice.
ClaimWatch
On-demand reports, maps, workbooks, and spatial data for any area of interest.
claimwatch.io →Stake & Paper
Original reporting and curated intelligence from 650+ authoritative sources.
stakeandpaper.com →ChoraQuest
GIS consulting, mineral title, claim staking, custom development, and AI automation.
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